Former President Donald Trump lashes out at the prosecutor involved in his case, labeling them as ‘deranged’ in his latest public statement.
In regards to their recent efforts to prosecute him for purportedly meddling in the 2020 presidential election, ex-President Donald Trump has vehemently criticized both the US administration and Department of Justice.
The contender from the Republican party in this year’s presidential contest has labeled the legal pursuit against him as an outright attack on democracy and a genuine interference with the election.
Accused of illegally attempting to overturn the 2020 presidential election results, former president Trump faces a new indictment filed by Special Counsel Jack Smith. The reduced document draws from last year’s criminal case against him, which charged that he spread falsehoods about outcome-determinative fraud in insisting on his victory over Joe Biden at the time. Though he launched an appeal arguing for immunity as president and had initial charges dismissed by the Supreme Court last month.
READ ALSO: Trump Criticizes ‘Botched’ Afghanistan Withdrawal, Reminds US of Chaotic Exit
Although it omits the section that accused Trump of pressuring the Justice Department to reverse his election defeat, the updated version of the document maintains its four original charges against him. These include conspiring to deceive America, scheming against citizens’ voting rights, and offences connected with a mob instigated by Trump on January 6th that disturbed Congress’s confirmation of electoral results.
Despite being accused and having denounced the accusations as a ploy to prevent him from returning to power, Trump slammed the recent indictment on his Truth Social platform with multiple posts. He referred it as revisiting an already concluded “witch hunt.”
According to Trump, the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling should have resulted in dismissing the entire case. He criticized Jack Smith as “deranged” for bringing it up again and accused him of doing so out of desperation and to avoid embarrassment.
Trump claimed that the Department of Justice was violating its own 60-day policy by attempting to interfere with the election and divert attention from Kamala Harris’s destructive impact on America.
Media requests for comment have yet to be answered by Trump’s lawyers. Currently, the former president is facing four criminal prosecutions including this case.
